>Bob Grime (bobg@swifty.tip.CSIRO.AU) wrote:
>> What chance of it ever being put back together?
>I don't like your chances of getting anything out of Dorrigo for a start.
>Cheers
>David
I can't really let than one go past to the Keeper!
The bits of 3813 are in the custody of no less than three
organisations, none of which is the SRA or its satelites.
The sad part is that NONE of these organisations - the Rail Transport
Museum, the Powerhouse Museum and the Dorrigo group - would be
prepared to give up their parts UNLESS there was a properly
constructed business plan for the restoration of the locomotive to
(at least) static condition, if not operational.
Now if an organisation came along that had a proven track record in
the field of 38 class restoration with a suitably professional and
costed proposal, then who knows what could happen.
There is just such an organisation, of course, that has just finished
a major retsoration job and has a skilled team of workers who just may
be looking for a new challenge...................
What a fitting conclusion to the sad saga of 3813 it she could be
resurrected for Septemnber 2000....or as a suitable Federation Fund
project, which sounds more likely as this could be a source for the
hundreds of thousands of dollars needed.
Dream on, McDuff!!
Ciao TIM
Timothy Arnot
e-mail to timarnot@fastlink.com.au